France national football B team
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Association | French Football Federation (Fédération Française de Football) | ||
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Confederation | UEFA (Europe) | ||
Home stadium | Stade de France | ||
FIFA code | FRA | ||
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First international | |||
![]() ![]() (White City, United Kingdom, 19 October 1908) | |||
Biggest win | |||
![]() ![]() (Strasbourg, France, 22 May 1952) | |||
Biggest defeat | |||
![]() ![]() (White City, United Kingdom, 19 October 1908) | |||
Summer Olympics | |||
Appearances | 1 (first in 1908) | ||
Best result | First round (1908) |
The France national football B team is a national football team representing France that plays matches at a lower level than the France national football team. In France, the team is usually called "France A–".
The most recent match of France B was on 5 February 2008 against Congo DR in Marbella, the day before the regular A-team friendly in Málaga. The team line-up was Steve Mandanda (Hugo Lloris 46'); Gaël Clichy, Jean-Alain Boumsong, Philippe Mexès, Bacary Sagna; Jérôme Rothen, Alou Diarra, Samir Nasri (Gaël Givet 76'), Mathieu Flamini (Jérémy Menez 17'), Jimmy Briand; Djibril Cissé; team members Sébastien Squillaci and Abou Diaby were not used.
The second-most-recent match of the team was played against Slovakia B on 21 August 2007, the day before the regular A-team friendly. The team line-up was Sébastien Frey, Jonathan Zebina (Zoumana Camara), Jean-Alain Boumsong (Anthony Réveillère), Sébastien Squillaci, Mikaël Silvestre, Jimmy Briand, Alou Diarra, Lassana Diarra, (Rio Mavuba), Jérémy Mathieu, Djibril Cissé (Frédéric Piquionne), David Trezeguet; team member Teddy Richert was not used.[1][2] The match ended 0–1, with France B losing; Jean-Alain Boumsong played on the second day as a last-minute substitution.
Popularity and use
The team runs occasionally as a feeder team for France national football team, to give a chance to under-21 or less experienced players to play for the national team without being awarded a full cap. The team may play matches held before World Cups or other tournaments to give second-choice players, injured players or possible choices an opportunity to play a full game to either keep their fitness levels up or to earn their way into the first team.
Mediterranean Games record
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Year | Round | GP | W | D | L | GS | GA | ||
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- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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3 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 2 | ||
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- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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- | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
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1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | ||
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5 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ||
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2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 10 | 6 | ||
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2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | ||
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4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
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2 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 2 | ||
1991 – present | See France national under-20 team | ||||||||
Total | 7/10 | 32 | 16 | 8 | 8 | 44 | 27 |
Past players
Player in bold holds senior cap for the A team
- Philippe Christanval
- Ousmane Dabo
- Olivier Dacourt
- Martin Djetou
- Sébastien Frey
- Frédéric Kanouté (changed his allegiance to Mali)
- Lilian Laslandes
- Sylvain Legwinski
- Steve Marlet
- Laurent Robert
- David Sommeil
- Frédéric Piquionne
References
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2007-09-28. Retrieved 2007-09-04.
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